I was excited on Sunday to hear many of you share how you have begun to read the Bible this new year and how much you were enjoying the readings. I am thinking of two couples specifically, who shared with me that they were doing this together as a couple. That is what it is all about.
If you are reading through God's Word with me, it is inevitable that at some point in time you will fall behind. It happens for various reasons. Maybe you have already fallen behind. When we get too far behind it gets very easy to get discouraged and to give up.
The advice I give to you is that when you fall behind, skip ahead. It is much better than the alternative of falling behind and giving up. I pray that reading God's Word is not just an endeavor for this year, but that it will be an ongoing yearly endeavor. So my point is what you skip over this year, you will catch next year.
Yes, you may lose that sense of accomplishment of completing the Bible, but what we are doing is not about reading the entire Bible. It is not about checking off each days reading. It is about being in God's Word on a consistent and regular basis. It is about putting yourself in a place where you know that God speaks to you. If you are not in the Word, the voice of God becomes much more difficult to hear.
I am constantly amazed, that no matter what I am reading in God's Word, it speaks to my life today. Let's be a church that is firmly rooted and grounded in the Word!
This weeks readings:
13 Genesis 28:1-29:35
Matthew 9:18-38
Psalm 11:1-7
Proverbs 3:11-12
14 Genesis 30:1-31:16
Matthew 10:1-23
Psalm 12:1-8
Proverbs 3:13-15
15 Genesis 31:17-32:12
Matthew 10:24-11:6
Psalm 13:1-6
Proverbs 3:16-18
16 Genesis 32:13-34:31
Matthew 11:7-30
Psalm 14:1-7
Proverbs 3:19-20
17 Genesis 35:1-36:43
Matthew 12:1-21
Psalm 15:1-5
Proverbs 3:21-26
18 Genesis 37:1-38:30
Matthew 12:22-45
Psalm 16:1-11
Proverbs 3:27-32
19 Genesis 39:1-41:16
Matthew 12:46-13:23
Psalm 17:1-15
Proverbs 3:33-35
If you are reading through God's Word with me, it is inevitable that at some point in time you will fall behind. It happens for various reasons. Maybe you have already fallen behind. When we get too far behind it gets very easy to get discouraged and to give up.
The advice I give to you is that when you fall behind, skip ahead. It is much better than the alternative of falling behind and giving up. I pray that reading God's Word is not just an endeavor for this year, but that it will be an ongoing yearly endeavor. So my point is what you skip over this year, you will catch next year.
Yes, you may lose that sense of accomplishment of completing the Bible, but what we are doing is not about reading the entire Bible. It is not about checking off each days reading. It is about being in God's Word on a consistent and regular basis. It is about putting yourself in a place where you know that God speaks to you. If you are not in the Word, the voice of God becomes much more difficult to hear.
I am constantly amazed, that no matter what I am reading in God's Word, it speaks to my life today. Let's be a church that is firmly rooted and grounded in the Word!
This weeks readings:
13 Genesis 28:1-29:35
Matthew 9:18-38
Psalm 11:1-7
Proverbs 3:11-12
14 Genesis 30:1-31:16
Matthew 10:1-23
Psalm 12:1-8
Proverbs 3:13-15
15 Genesis 31:17-32:12
Matthew 10:24-11:6
Psalm 13:1-6
Proverbs 3:16-18
16 Genesis 32:13-34:31
Matthew 11:7-30
Psalm 14:1-7
Proverbs 3:19-20
17 Genesis 35:1-36:43
Matthew 12:1-21
Psalm 15:1-5
Proverbs 3:21-26
18 Genesis 37:1-38:30
Matthew 12:22-45
Psalm 16:1-11
Proverbs 3:27-32
19 Genesis 39:1-41:16
Matthew 12:46-13:23
Psalm 17:1-15
Proverbs 3:33-35
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